Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Oct 2007 20:03 UTC, submitted by Geonon
Microsoft has apologized for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search tool on users' desktops without approval. The mistake happened because Microsoft reused the same update package for when WDS was first published in February as an optional update that was only applicable to systems with the search tool previously installed. 
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2006-06-03
If you read the article, this was an 'update revision' so once the base update (without WDS) had been authorised, revisions are automatically installed, this bypasses the autorisation mechanism rather neatly for microsoft.